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THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, FEBRUARY 27, 2014--PAGE 5 Mark Legg, Allen church of Christ Light from God’s Word ATM Machine • Lottery Station 24 Hour Gas Pumps Drive-thru window Hot Deli Counter Quick Pic Allen Hwy 1 • Allen • (580)857-2459 One Pharmacist’s View The Worst Bad Times • Convenient drive-thru • Short wait time • Text or e-mail alerts let you know when your prescription is ready • Refills are easy as a phone call 24 hours a day You know us, let us take care of you!! Allen Rural Family Medical Clinic ALLEN COMMUNITY PHARMACY 857-2492 • 200 N. Easton • Allen • Dave Campbell, Pharm. D 200 N. Easton • Allen • (580)857-1300 Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 8 to 4 Call for an appointment!! Here to help anytime! Call Dave or Sally Here to help anytime! Call Dave or Sally Emergency phone: 580-857-9928 Always answered! 580-399-4814 Emergency phone: 580-857-9928 Always answered! 580-399-4814 Dog Spay & Neutering Discount Prices!!!! Allen Vet Clinic 1/4 Mile East of Allen Quick Pic - Hwy 1 (580)857-2991 Cell (580)421-5936 Open 8 to 5 Monday - Thursday • 9 to 1 Friday & Saturday Tim Costner, D.V.M February Special Call for Appointment I just finished reading a book—Timothy Egan’s sto- ry of those who survived the great American dust bowl— titled “The Worst Hard Time.” It’s a well-written book and anyone who has an interest in Oklahoma his- tory would enjoy this story of bad times in Oklahoma. I guess it’s a story that may explain who we are and per- haps why. It made me think of my friend and publisher Bill Robinson. He loves a story about things that went wrong. Consequently he liked it when I wrote about my worse trips, most messed up Christmas and stuff like that. I had my 79 th birthday this week and it was just fine. Sorry Bill. But I can go back to 1945 which was my 10 th and find one that wasn’t so good. We had moved the fall before to Stonewall from Centra- homa and I wasn’t all that settled about it. Stonewall was a nice place to live with all its modern ameni- ties such as flush toilets, natural gas, and hot and cold running water—it just didn’t make up for a loss of friends and people I knew. I had spent several days at home sick with flu or some such disorder that dismal war-time month and S. L. Burns, M.D. (our neighbor) came over and gave me a penicillin shot. Next thing you know I broke out and got my first and only case of “Trench Mouth.” Anyway I was sick and miserable. Mom went ahead and made me a birthday cake while announcing there would be no party. “You are too contagious,” she said. But mom called an old friend of mine, Mrs. Pearl Downard, to come up. “Miss Pearl”, as she was known, had been my 3 rd grade teacher and fam- ily friend. I was happy and very pleased to see this lady. Her act of kindness that day brightened up an otherwise “Bill Robinson” kind of day and Pearl made sure I had a happy birthday. Which proves you can still have a happy birthday without eating a cake. This week I got an email from a very old friend from Centrahoma—a guy named Roy D. Byrd. Roy is a re- tired teacher from Cameron State down at Lawton who entered first grade with me at Centrahoma. He had finally gotten around to reading a Christmas story I had written called “A Centrahoma Christmas” in the Coalgate paper. I en- joyed his email and wrote him back that I had heard from yet another member of that class that started first grade with us that summer morning in 1940. Letha Mae (Moore) Whitlow had called and we shared our Christmas experiences and she told me she had had a bad fall on the ice right before Christmas and was slow in getting over it. I hope she is doing better now and Letha it was good to hear from you. There were a lot of peo- ple living in Coal County around Centrahoma in 1940 but a lot of them had pulled out or were thinking about it. We were blissfully un- aware that Centrahoma Schools were entering their last phase and in a few years the school and much of the community would just van- ish. Not vanished yet are the memories of friends I had there that day we moved away—good memories of 27 first-graders standing in the bright sunshine by our teacher, Ruby Klingle- smith—looking confidently to the future. I hope you had a good week and your future is bright. I also hope that you make it to church this Sunday. Wayne Bullard, DPh [email protected] People are often heard saying, “It doesn’t matter what you believe.” Doesn’t that seem very arrogant of man!! Do we think God will accept and honor any- thing we choose to believe and do? Can we choose our own personal belief system and expect God to accept it? If it doesn’t matter what we believe, then there is no need for searching to learn God’s will and Bible Study is complete unnecessary!! If we say it doesn’t mat- ter what we believe, aren’t we saying that error is just as acceptable to God as truth? Some people do not be- lieve that Jesus is the Son of God or that He rose from the dead? Doesn’t belief in Jesus as God’s Son mat- ter? Jesus said, “If you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” (John 8:24) Others do not believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God? Doesn’t that matter? Some do not believe God created our world and all things therein. Doesn’t that mat- ter? If it doesn’t matter what we believe then we do not have to believe anything and it will still please God!! How foolish!! According to this popular philosophy, it seems we don’t even need to believe in God and we can still be saved! Perhaps just being dedicated and zealous for God is all we need to be saved! However, Paul, the Apostle tells us that more than zeal for God is neces- sary to please Him and to be saved. He wrote that his heart’s desire and prayer to God was that Israel be saved but he stated, they were ig- norant of God’s righteous- ness and “have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.” (Rom 10:1-3) It would appear that to please God, our belief must be based on a knowledge of the truth. Surely, the Devil must be pleased to hear us profess that it doesn’t mat- ter what we believe!! LEGAL NOTICE IN THE DISTRICT COURT WITHIN AND FOR PONTOTOC COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA No. PB-2010-14 In the Matter of the Estate of NATHAN LEE BURRIS, Deceased. NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL ACCOUNT, PETITION FOR ORDER ALLOWING FINAL ACCOUNT, DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP, FINAL SETTLEMENT, DISTRIBUTION AND DISCHARGE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Margaret Lois Burris, Personal Represen- tative of the Estate of Nathan Lee Burris, Deceased, having filed in this Court her Final Account of the administration of said Estate, her Petition for Order Allowing Final Account, Determination of Heirship, Distribution and Discharge of said Personal Representative, the hearing of the same has been set by the Judge of this Court for Thursday, the 20 th day of March, 2014 at 11:00 o’clock a.m. at the Pontotoc County District Courtroom, Pontotoc County Courthouse, located in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, and all persons interested in said Estate are notified to then and there appear and show cause, if any they have, why said Account should not be settled and allowed, the heirs of said deceased determined, said Estate distributed and the Personal Representative discharged. DATED this the 24 th day of February, 2014. Thomas S. Landrith Judge of the District Court Kenneth R. Johnson 130 East 14 th St., Drawer 1690 Ada, OK 74820 580/332-2558 Attorney for Personal Representative (Published in The Allen Advocate on February 27 and March 6, 2014) LEGAL NOTICE YOU ARE INVITED TO: Call A Ride Public Transit System’s Public Meeting, Wednesday, March 20 th , 2014, at the Pontotoc County Clerk’s office located at 13 th and Broadway, Ada, OK, come and go from 10 am to 11 am and/or our Open Forum at our facility on Wednesday, March 20 th , 2014 come and go from 12:00-3:00 pm. For the purpose of maximizing coordination efforts, rural public transit systems in the nation receiving Section 5311 monies from the Federal Transit Administration are now required to conduct public meetings and/or open forums to solicit input into our transportation plans. Driving directions to our facility are south on State Highway 1 West, a 1/2 mile south of Holcim Cement Co. turn right (West) onto the second street, just south of the bridge you will see us in two white metal buildings surrounded by chain link fencing. Both the Court House and our transit facility are disabled accessible. Thank You, Allen Reynolds (580) 332-7056 (Published in The Allen Advocate on February 27, 2014)
